Hair-cutting device



Feb. 2Q, 1923.

J. GIERLASKI HAIR CUTTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 11, 1922 4f Y E v ""751; /{4 g a? l H 26 II I/VENTOR Liter/0514i .4 TTOR/VEYS Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES JOHN GIERLASKI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-CUTTING DEVICE.

Application filed January 11, 1922. Serial No. 528,476.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN GIERLASKI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair-Cutting Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in hair cutting devices, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrange ments herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described in which the blades may be removed for sharpening when desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described in which the guard may be moved to vary the de th of the out, that is, to either leave the hair short or long.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which is compact in form and which is thoroughly practical for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a full perspective view of an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of a portion of the mechanism shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view along the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a metal handle 1 having a slender neck portion 2 which is bent laterally adjacent its upper end. A metal blade holder 3 comprising a strip of brass or other suitable material, is bent back upon itself so that one side 4 and the opposite side 5 ,are in substantially parallel relation to one another. At that portion in the holder 3 where the sides 4; and 5 are bent, a tubular member 6 is formed substantially as shown in Figure 3.

The sides 4 and 5 are each bent forwardly at 7 to provide a stop for a cutting blade 8. The tubular member 6 acts as a spring which tends to force the sides 4 and 5 toward one another and thus gripping the means for holdin blade 8 tightly therebetween. The blade holder 3 is securely fixed by means of a rivet 9 to the neck 2 of the handle 1.

A guard 10 comprising a plurality of steel bands 11, each substantially U-shaped (see Figure3), and fixed at one ottheir ends 12 to a transverse rod 13, serves as a the blade 8 from direct contact with the scalp. The bands 11 are all in alinementwith one another and are spaced equally apart relative to the rod 13. The rod 13 is rotatably mounted on upwardly bent lugs 14 of the side 5 of the blade holder 3. Thus all of guards 11 may move hingedly with respect to the blade holder 3 upon their common center 13.

Means for normally and yieldably holding the guard members 11 so that their outer sides 15 are remote from the edge 16 of the blade 8, is provided in a second trans verse rod 17 which is also secured by means of solderor the like to each of the guard members 11. The rod 17 is provided with small rounded knobs 18 at each end thereof and extends out over the edges 19 of the side 5. A pair of torsion springs 20 and 21 are disposed within the tubular member 6 and their adjacent ends secured against movement by a rivet 22. The opposite ends of the springs 20 and 21 extend out of the openings 23 and 24, respectively, of the tubular member 6 and from thence in a straight line to the rod 17 and there terminets in hooks 25 and 26. The hooks 25 and .26 serve as a means for engagement of the springs 20 and 21 with the rod 17 and prevent the springs from slipping off of the rious parts of the device, the operation.

thereof may be readily understood. The device is assembled by slipping the blade 8 between the sides 4 and 5 of the holder'fi.

The device is then applied to the hair with a quick downward stroke. 11: it is desired. to cut the hair close to the scalp, the guard members 11 are pressed closely against the scalp and will thus yield to the pressure and assume the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. From the drawing it will be seen that the distance between the sides 15 of the guard members 11 and the edge 16 01": the blade 8 is relatively short. Thus the hair will be cut relatively short. If less pressure is applied, then the guard members 11 will not be moved as far back as shown spring means for normally holding one side of said guard members away from said blade.

2. A device of the character described comprisinga blade holder, a blade adapted to be supported in said holder, a handle for supporting said holder, a plurality of spaced 1; apart guard members supported at one end upon a transverse rod, said rod being pivotally mounted on said blade holder, said guard membersarranged to pass around the edge of said blade and to normally lie with their ends at a predetermined distance from the opposite side of said blade holder and a spring for yieldably holding said guard members in said normal position.

JOHN GIERLASKI. 

